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Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz may call former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax as witnesses at their trial, which is scheduled to begin Monday.

The owners stand accused of turning a blind eye to Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud. Koufax was an investor with Madoff, as was the Police Athletic League, which Morgenthau chairs.

Lawyers for Wilpon and Katz said in court filings the men would testify about how the accounts with Madoff “came about” through their relationship with Wilpon. Read More »

ALBANY — The statehouse on Wednesday got a special visit from an old farm hand: Robert Morgenthau, the retired Manhattan district attorney.

During his long career as a prosector, Morgenthau would regularly venture to the statehouse to lobby lawmakers on criminal justice issues, such as the expansion of the state’s criminal DNA databank. This time, however, his concern was farms.

In his first visit to Albany in a year, Morgenthau came to support a bill that would encourage state agencies to purchase food from suppliers that contract with local farmers. Too many contracts, he said, are currently going to national companies.

“They’re not giving enough consideration to buying locally,” said Morgenthau, who is a special counsel to the American Farmland Trust. Read More »